“Stay thirsty” seems like a weird way to promote a beverage. I mean, people drink to *stop* being thirsty!
What made me think taking the bus would *simplify* my commute to an office next
What made me think taking the bus would *simplify* my commute to an office next to LAX on the day before Thanksgiving?
Here comes the train again.
Century Blvd closed down for protest march near LAX
Oops! Oops!
My 2-year-old took one look at this giant #turkey at TJs, pointed and excitedly said “Oops! Oops!” in reference to Sandra Boynton’s “Blue Hat, Green Hat.” #thanksgiving
I realize we’re living in the era of sharing pictures-with-text, but 7 paragraphs’ worth in a third-…
I realize we’re living in the era of sharing pictures-with-text, but 7 paragraphs’ worth in a third-party image in your promotional email to customers, with no actual text in the message? That doesn’t inspire confidence in your software.
So the group that put together that “Three Myths About Copyright…” paper last Friday
So the group that put together that “Three Myths About Copyright…” paper last Friday has retracted it. Apparently the RIAA didn't like what it was saying. (Funny thing).
Geekier Than Thou
Yep – it just seems like some people, having been excluded by the “mainstream,” want to turn around and find someone else to exclude.
Originally shared by Vanessa Gabriel:
A great essay on the exclusivity of geeks.
Remember when Cheerios were healthy?
Interesting: How AT&T got service back after Sandy
Interesting: How AT&T got service back after Sandy https://money.cnn.com/2012/11/14/technology/mobile/att-sandy/index.html?source=linkedin
Fandom Isn’t Exclusive
I’ll never understand why a subculture so familiar with exclusion is so quick to turn around and exclude people. https://comicsbeat.com/enough-with-the-faux-fake-geek-girl-outrage-already/
EXACTLY. “We aren’t all nerdy about the same things & we don’t all participate in nerd culture the same way.” https://squidygirl.blogspot.com/2012/11/fake-nerd-girls-whores-and-sexism.html
Some people like Superman, others like the Hulk. People have their favorite interpretations of Batman. People have their favorite X-Men. If you like Grant Morrison’s Batman & someone else prefers Batman: The Animated Series, that doesn’t make the other person NOT a Batman fan. No more than you liking Data and them liking Spock makes them not a Star Trek fan, or them preferring the “wrong” Doctor. Someone who got into Doctor Who with Smith, Tennant or Eccleston is no less a fan than someone who got into it with, say, Tom Baker…
So if someone likes a comic book character, but hasn’t read the same 100 issues YOU have, that doesn’t make them not a fan.
Some people would rather express their fandom with costuming, or fanfic, or fan art, instead of throwing comics in a box. Again, still fans. Someone takes the time to collect enough Batman pics to post 3/day to Tumblr for a year, but doesn’t like the current books? Sounds fannish.
I’m really not sure it was such a good idea to put a Cylon in charge of the lights.
Stars Trail Over the Final Voyage of the Space Shuttle Endeavour
Great shot of Endeavour.
Stars Trail Over the Final Voyage of the Space Shuttle Endeavour
Spectrum on the floor. #notpinkfloyd
Spectrum on the floor. #rainbow #notpinkfloyd
The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network and Food Allergy Initiative have completed their merger, and will be called FARE…
The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network and Food Allergy Initiative have completed their merger, and will be called FARE, highlighting their focus on food allergy research and education.
Yellow clouds near sunset.
Yellow clouds near sunset. It looked like the thicker clouds were actually raining – in fact, we could see a fragment of rainbow off to the right of the frame – but there was no sign of the rain actually reaching the ground anywhere.
They came out a bit too orange, now that I look at them again. But the golden hour sunlight reflected off of the cloud cover made for eerie lightning. It reminded me a bit of being in the smoke plume of a wildfire, except for the fact that the air was clear. (Clearer than usual, actually, with the Santa Anas blowing.)
Fascinating precinct-by-precinct map of Los Angeles Presidential election results.
Fascinating precinct-by-precinct map of Los Angeles Presidential election results. https://graphics.latimes.com/how-la-voted-2012/
Oddest thing I saw today: a guy using a leaf blower during heavy winds. Got to keep the leaves away from the hotel entrance, I guess.
Oddest thing I saw today: a guy using a leaf blower during heavy winds. Got to keep the leaves away from the hotel entrance, I guess.
I figure Instagram’s square-pics-only format is like Twitter’s 140 character limit: a technical choice that has become part of its identity.
I figure Instagram’s square-pics-only format is like Twitter’s 140 character limit: a technical choice that has become part of its identity.
Instagram profiles mostly solve my biggest pet peeve: linking to a pic used to be a dead end.
Instagram profiles mostly solve my biggest pet peeve: linking to a pic used to be a dead end.